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Concrete Walls and Bureaucratic Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrants

By Justine Stefanelli, UK Human Rights Blog,
Work recently began on a wall in Calais, funded by the UK government, to prevent migrants and asylum seekers from crossing the Channel to Britain. Nearly simultaneously, the government announced that it would increase immigration tribunal fees by over 500%, erecting a different type of…

A warning against populists and demagogues in Europe and U.S.

By Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, OHCHR,
A speech by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, The Hague, Monday, 05 September 2016 Dear Friends, I wish to address this short statement to Mr. Geert Wilders, his acolytes, indeed to all those like him – the populists, demagogues and…

How to apply UK Parliament's new(ish) human rights framework

By Ben Amunwa, Law mostly,
Even before Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 803, lawyers and Judges have engaged in mental gymnastics worthy of the Olympic stadium when applying Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in immigration cases. It's complicated.…

Case Preview: R (Agyarko) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

By Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog,
The Supreme Court heard the appeal in R (Agyarko) v Secretary of State for the Home Department on 6-7 April 2016. It concerned the correct test to be applied where an individual unlawfully present in the UK asserts that they should be permitted to remain in the UK as a result of their…

The UK's points-based system and calls for an Australian-style one

By John Kelly, EIN,
While the points-based system will be more than familiar to nearly all EIN members, anyone not working within the field of immigration in the UK could be forgiven for thinking that such a system was a purely Australian concept, based on the calls for the UK to adopt the Australian system…

When is it reasonable to remove a settled child from the UK?

By Ben Amunwa, Law mostly,
The stream of case law on Parliament's new statutory human rights framework for Article 8 immigration cases has disgorged another important but unhelpful decision: MA (Pakistan) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 705. MA (Pakistan) concerned the…
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  EIN's guest blog is intended as a platform where we gather together some of the best of immigration law blogging.

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